English Premier League

C Palace vs Liverpool 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 55': Odsonne Édouard
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1 - 3
  • 8': Virgil van Dijk
  • 32': Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
  • 89': Fabinho (P)

Liverpool edge Crystal Palace, cut Manchester City's Premier League lead

Liverpool cut Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League to nine points with a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 8': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 1. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
  • 32': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 2. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
  • 49': Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 2. Odsonne Édouard (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
  • 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  • 61': Will Hughes (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze replaces Odsonne Édouard.
  • 77': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Will Hughes.
  • 77': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.
  • 81': Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  • 82': Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 3. Fabinho (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 90': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Roberto Firmino.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 90'+3': Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 3.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 25,002

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+17 Arsenal 13 30 1
+20 Manchester City 13 29 2
+17 Liverpool 13 28 1
+13 Aston Villa 13 28 3
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Statistics

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12 Fouls 10
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
5 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 4
43.4 Possession 56.6
8 SHOTS 14
5 ON GOAL 7
0.6 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
328 Accurate Passes 465
431 Passes 576
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 4
12 Crosses 19
0.1 Cross % 0.2
60 Long Balls 74
26 Accurate Long Balls 35
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
0 Blocked Shots 1
8 Effective Tackles 6
13 Tackles 7
0.6 Tackle % 0.9
10 Interceptions 9
25 Effective Clearances 11
25 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

CRY Crystal Palace (4-3-3)

No. Name
13 Vicente Guaita (GK)
6 Marc Guehi
16 Joachim Andersen
3 Tyrick Mitchell
2 Joel Ward Yellow Card
12 Will Hughes Yellow Card
15 Jeff Schlupp Yellow Card
23 Conor Gallagher Yellow Card
14 Jean-Philippe Mateta
22 Odsonne Édouard
7 Michael Olise

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
26 Andy Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
17 Curtis Jones
14 Jordan Henderson
9 Roberto Firmino Yellow Card
20 Diogo Jota
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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